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roosting place

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
roost n	(birds' perching place)	nido nm
	The bird sat upon his roost in the trees.
	El ave se posó en su nido sobre los árboles.
roost⇒ vi	(bird: settle, rest)	posarse⇒ v prnl
	This species of bird tends to roost in flocks.
roost vi	figurative (settle down) (figurado, coloquial)	sentar cabeza loc verb
		establecerse⇒ v prnl

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
come home to roost v expr	figurative (become a problem) (para mal)	al final todo se paga, al final todo vuelve expr
		volverse en tu contra loc verb
	The company's financial problems came home to roost and it nearly went bankrupt.
rule the roost v expr	figurative (be in charge of a household)	llevar los pantalones expr
	In our family, it's my mother who rules the roost, not my father.
	En nuestra familia mi madre es quien lleva los pantalones, no mi padre.
		llevar la voz cantante expr
	En nuestra familia mi madre es quien lleva la voz cantante, no mi padre.

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